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10/20/2005 Archived Entry: "waste time two ways at once!"

I'm sitting here with the portable DVD player next to me playing my all-time favorite movie, Clue while answering emails on the computer. I love technology.

Yesterday afternoon we practically finished cleaning out the playhouse area. The house is on the grass and all the fake grass and ground cover is gone and in the trash. There is just a bit of rocks left which will take maybe half an hour of work. The downside is there are 4 million very cheesed off ants right now. We're going to put some ant stakes in before we re-cover the ground. Our pansies are still alive, but the slugs and/or caterpillars must be getting fatter as there are lots of bite marks. I don't care though, if I plant something they want to eat, I can't exactly get mad that they come and chow down. Just part of nature. I think one sunflower has sprouted, but can't tell yet if that's what it is, or will it just be a weed.

Today was rather ordinary. Tabitha got over her hump in the math lesson and did it today as if she never had a problem. I guess it was just an off day last Friday. Taking a few days off harmed her spelling though, she missed one she'd been getting correct previously; beginners. We're done with this particular word family and move on to a new one tomorrow.

Daisy has been sitting on her knees lately and looks positively adorable while do so. She's also gaining confidence in herself and has intentionally let go while standing on more than one occasion. Last night she almost took an unassisted step, but thought better of it.

Today's Halloween activity was making little ghosts to hang from the tree. Chris hung them out there after he was home. Tabitha named them all and was calling them Ooky, Kooky, Oozy, Moozy and anything that rhymed. So one of them is named Boozy which cracks up Chris and I to no end. He then said one of them was her sister Floozy. Tabs doesn't get the joke, of course, but still funny to us.

After the ghosts were hung we headed to Target so our cats wouldn't starve. We bought some of the candy we'll pass out on Halloween though still need loads more as we only bought 3 bags. Tabitha again begged for a Halloween color cookie and I had to say no. I guess I'll pull my hidden one out tomorrow so she doesn't feel disappointment every time we go to Target.

After our shopping we went to Chipotle for dinner. They're new here in CA and we hadn't been before. It was tasty, let me tell you. Hard to believe it's owned by McDs. They don't have a children's menu but they will make a tiny burrito or a quesadilla so Tabitha chose the quesadilla. Chris has a burrito and I had the burrito bowl. Very, very good. We'll definitely be returning.

Now the family is in the living room watching the King's game while I sit here. I going to browse i-tunes for a bit and then probably work on the Disney site before we get the kids off to bed.